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ARCHAEOLOGIES OF COSMOSCAPES IN THE AMERICAS

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : OXBOW BOOKS, [2022]
Colección:American Landscapes (Series)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Halftitle
  • Dedication
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1. Conceptualizing cosmoscapes
  • J. Grant Stauffer, Bretton T. Giles, and Shawn P. Lambert
  • Part 1: Objects as Cosmoscapes
  • Chapter 2. Modeling the cosmos: Rim-effigy bowl iconography in the Central Mississippi Valley
  • Madelaine C. Azar and Vincas P. Steponaitis
  • Chapter 3. Cahokia's wandering supernaturals: What does it mean when the Earth Mother leaves town?
  • Steven L. Boles
  • Chapter 4. Altered states and cosmoscapes: The production and consumption of Datura in the central Arkansas River Valley
  • Shawn P. Lambert
  • Chapter 5. Oneota and Tunican cosmoscapes in the Lower Mississippi Valley
  • David H. Dye and Toney Aid
  • Chapter 6. Of snakes and masks: Retrospective clues to understand the meaning of Classic Maya (AD 250-900) greenstone mosaic masks
  • Juan C. Melendez, David A. Freidel, and Daniel E. Aquino
  • Chapter 7. Sacrifice and the Sun: The Aztec Calendar Stone, its origins, and the symbolism of autosacrifice
  • Annabeth Headrick
  • Part 2: Place-making and cultivating cosmoscapes
  • Chapter 8. Center posts, thunder symbolism, and community organization at Cahokia Mounds, Illinois
  • Joy Mersmann and J. Grant Stauffer
  • Chapter 9. Picture Cave and the birth of the Braden Art Style
  • James R. Duncan and Carol Diaz-Granados
  • Chapter 10. A whirlwind of a woman: An iconographic interpretation of the Mississippian Earth Mother
  • Melinda A. Martin
  • Chapter 11. Mound 2 at the Hopewell Site as cosmoscape
  • Bretton T. Giles, Brian M. Rowe, and Ryan M. Parish
  • Chapter 12. Eternal performance: Mesoamerican and Mississippian tableaux in comparative perspective
  • David A. Freidel
  • Part 3: Cosmoscapes in perspective
  • Chapter 13. Final thoughts on the archaeologies of cosmoscapes
  • Shawn P. Lambert, J. Grant Stauffer, and Bretton T. Giles